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abstract

Few studies exist addressing the intraspecific molecular variability of helminths in a widely distributed freshwater fish host. Equally rare are studies considering both large- and small-scale patterns of infection of helminth communities in a widely distributed aquatic host(s). Vanishingly few studies exist making large-scale population-level comparisons of numerous helminth species occurring in multiple host species. Typically, such studies are meta-analyses, which incorporate data from numerous independent studies, thereby introducing issues of sampling (or sampler) bias, inconsistent reporting of information, etc. The purpose of the current work was to attempt to fill some of these voids in the parasitological/ecological literature, with a single, concise series of studies using the internal helminths of a commonly encountered group of freshwater fishes (Centrarchidae) across the United States (US).

subject

community

endohelminths

freshwater fish

molecular

survey

United States

contributor

Luth, Kyle E. (author)

Esch, Gerald W. (committee chair)

Zeyl, Clifford W. (committee member)

Johnson, Erik C. (committee member)

Eure, Herman E. (committee member)

Anderson, T. Michael (committee member)

Sukhdeo, Michael V.K. (committee member)

date

2016-05-21T08:35:54Z (accessioned)

2016-05-21T08:35:54Z (available)

2016 (issued)

degree

Biology (discipline)

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/59332 (uri)

language

en (iso)

publisher

Wake Forest University

title

SCALE-DEPENDENT VARIATION IN MOLECULAR AND ECOLOGICAL PATTERNS OF INFECTION FOR ENDOHELMINTHS FROM CENTRARCHID FISHES

type

Dissertation